Meet Our Team
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Christine Cocrane
Chair
LMI
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Transformation
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Steve Rubley
Vice Chair
Thomson Reuters and TRSS
President and CEO
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Dawn Melchiorre
Secretary
Cradles to Crayons Chicago
Executive Director
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Tim Cox
Treasurer
BMO Financial Group
U.S. General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer
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Mary Lee Montague
Chair, Governance Committee
Montague & Associates, LLC.
Chief Search Consultant
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Junior Bridgeman
Member Emeritus
Bridgeman Foods
President
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Paul Colangelo
Avenu Insights
CEO
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Joe DePippo
Tournant, Inc.
Founding Partner
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Laura Eikerenkoetter
Cigna
VP, Human Resources
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G.J. Hart
Red Robin
CEO
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Gwendolyn G. High
Aramark
Retired, VP of Community Relations
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Ubong Ituen
McDonald’s
Retired, Vice President, US Marketing
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Doug Meijer
Member Emeritus
Meijer
Co-Chairman
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Staci Rawls
Yum! Brands
Chief of Staff
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Kate Rose
Member Emeritus
Kate and Justin Rose Foundation
Chairman
Executive Team
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Erin Kerr
CEO
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Maggie Jackson
Director of Strategy and People
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Angela Bellantoni
Assistant, Executive Office
Chapter Team
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Brent Glass
VP, Chapter Relations
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Angela Abrishami
Managing Director, Frederick
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Jennifer Leader Anderson
Chapter Coordinator, Frederick
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Tammy Bennett
Chapter Coordinator, First Coast
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Mollibeth Cardwell
Grants Manager, Chapters
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Katie Cowan
Chapter Coordinator, Orlando
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Heather Ford
Administrative Assistant, SWFL
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Julie Halbach
Chapter Coordinator, Waukesha County
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Keala Hammerstrom Combs
Chapter Coordinator, Louisville
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Kim Holsclaw
Managing Director, Louisville
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Samantha Minton
Managing Director, First Coast
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Paige Navarro
Chapter Coordinator, SWFL
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Susan Reed
Managing Director, Waukesha County
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Cecilla St. Arnold
Managing Director, SWFL
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Eleanor Stewart
Chapter Coordinator, Chicago
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Dan Summins
Managing Director, Chicago
Community Programs Team
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Anita Knazze
VP, Community Programs
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Jenny Scherer
Director, Community Programs
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Rosanne McGuire
Associate Director, Community Programs
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Trisha Ewald
Program Manager
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Eddie Maria
Program Manager
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Melissa Vasquez
Program Manager
Development Team
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Beth Bush
Director of Athletic Partnerships
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Sydney DeLong
Manager, Individual Giving
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Shannon Fitzgerald
Associate Director, Chapter Development and Events
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Alexis Hartman
Manager, Corporate and Foundation Relations
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Latrie Marshall
Grants Manager, National
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Aijalon Powell
Associate, Fund Development
Finance Team
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Otis Usher
Chief Financial Officer
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Regina Taylor
Director of Accounting
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Cameron Baldwin
Staff Accountant
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Jennifer Ezell
Accounting Manager
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Junia Pendleton
Accounts Payable Coordinator
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Mary Salaszar
Data Management Coordinator
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Jeannie Yates
Accounting Coordinator
Food Solutions Team
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Heather Dambrosi
VP, National Food Solutions
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Cindy Burnside
Food Solutions Associate
Marketing Team
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Nikki Grizzle
Chief Marketing and Ambassadors Officer
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Robin Rueff
Director, Digital Marketing
and Creative
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Paige Daugherty
Digital Marketing Coordinator